AOPA FAA Funding Debate

The Real Impact

The freedom, flexibility, and comparative simplicity that make general aviation in the United States so robust could disappear if general aviation gas taxes are increased dramatically and additional user fees imposed. The experience of other countries has shown that attempts to wring more money from GA through taxes and/or user fees increase costs, add expensive new requirements, reduce flexibility, and fail to provide stability.

The Real Impact

The proposed aviation gasoline tax increase from 19.4 to 70.1 cents-per-gallon would have an immediate impact on your cost of flying, of course. Even for a simple training aircraft, direct operating costs would increase at least $5.00 an hour.